Song: Alone
Artist: Ray Wilson
(I will be using this song over and over for this whole series...
as not only do I love this song...
it was the song I was singing to...
over and over...
during my whole time on this trike trip around my neighborhood...
as it just played itself over and over in my head).
First of all...
some of the most beautiful Autumn colors...
are all around me.
My whole neighborhood comes alive in a sea of colors every Autumn...
and I get to see them close up on my trike...
on an approximately 5 mile loop...
around and down my mountain...
and then back up.
This was my most beautiful trike ride I have ever taken.
Last Autumn...
I drove this route as I explored the mountain...
since I had just arrived just a couple of weeks earlier.
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I had started video recording using my 360 camera mounted on a pole on my trike.
Once I had gotten back...
it said it had quit recording due to a memory card issue
(I had over 4 hours of recording available).
I have yet to review the recording.
Hopefully...
it had gotten the majority of the ride.
I will have to see tomorrow.
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Right now...
I am cooking supper.
After that ride...
I feel like eating salmon ochazuki...
with umeboshi on the side.
I am cooking the rice now.
Once I finish this article...
I will eat and then rest in bed.
I will finish up the other two articles tomorrow.
I will just make this one article with about one third
of the photos included
(this will be a three part series...
as I had taken over 300 photos).
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The Temperature was in the low 60s F when I started...
and just shortly after arriving home...
it dipped to the low 50s F.
The wind blew a constant 5 MPH or so...
keeping the whole ride cool and refreshing.
And...
although I took the doggie carrier just in case Bandi got too tired...
I would end up not needing it...
as not only did I give her some water breaks...
I had also stopped numerous times along the way...
to take photos.
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I filled up Bandi's water container and secured it in its holder.
I then turned on the trike computer on the left...
and on the right...
I put my iPhone in its holder.
I use it for the GPS to navigate my routes in the mountains...
as there are so many interconnecting roads.
My 360 video camera mount.
I was all set.
After connecting the doggie carrier to my trike...
Bandi and I set off on an amazing journey.
You can see the 360 video camera on the end of the pole.
I was all set to go here.
And so...
Bandi and I set off.
We started by going down the mountain ridge...
At the bottom of the ridge...
there is a T intersection.
To the left goes down the mountain farther to the main road towards town...
and to the right goes a ways to another mountain ridge line...
which I then climbed some...
and then followed the mountain around to subsequent ridge lines...
and finally down to the main road back up the mountain to home.
I made my way around the mountain from ridge line to ridge line.
Although Bandi and I took many small breaks along the way...
this was her first water break.
There was a plentiful amount of shade almost the whole way.
During my whole route...
only two cars had driven past me.
The whole of the route made me feel as if I were in a fantastic wonderland.
The colors were so surreal...
so luminescent...
so vivid and so alive.
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I will start on the other two articles in the morning.
I had such a magical time today...
even the sunset was particularly beautiful
(pics at the end of the third article).
However...
I am very tired.
It wasn't the length of the journey...
but the intensity of the trip back up the mountain
that wore out Bandi and me.
I know once I have a full belly
(salmon ochazuki is very easily and quickly digested)...
I am going to get very tired.
I will just relax in bed until sleep overtakes me...
which I feel won't take too long.
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